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How Foundations Can Be the Risk Takers They Want to Be

Release Date:

06/25/2014

... to a nonprofit executive director describe to a group of grant makers and nonprofit peers the innovative hires and new ... but laughed in our faces when we suggested that to be the case . Based on what seemed...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Arcus Foundation

The Rockefeller Foundation has Announced the Launch of The Communities Thrive Challenge

Release Date:

04/05/2018

... their income and expenses without experiencing periods of poverty or being forced to rely on predatory debt); and ... identify and learn more about approaches that are already making a difference in...

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Community Development

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Philanthropic Advisors: Membership Eligibility and Dues

... specific grantmaking program areas; crafting or managing grant application procedures; researching and/or forging ... relationships with existing grantees; coordinating the grant evaluation process, including...

Race to Lead; Confronting the Racial Leadership Gap

Publication date:

06/2017

The Building Movement Project released "Race to Lead; Confronting the Nonprofit Racial Leadership Gap." This new report, the first in the Race to Lead series, is based on our survey of over 4,000 nonprofit professionals. The report explores why people of color are still under-represented in nonprofit CEO/Executive Director positions.

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Report

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Atlantic Philanthropies Gives $177 Million to Study Dementia

Release Date:

11/17/2015

... The Atlantic Philanthropies, which will conclude its grant - making commitments next year, announced on Monday the ... capstone of its work on aging populations: a $177 million grant to create...

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Aging

Health

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

Ford Funds at the Crossroads of Immigration and Artistic Activism

Release Date:

09/29/2017

... Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) has received a two-year grant from Ford Foundation to support the expansion of its ... NYFA, a national arts organization with a myriad of online resources for artists, will work...

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Arts

Immigration

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Ford Foundation

Seeking Member Comments: Public Policy Position on a True Cost of Living Standard and Wage Equity

... wealth gap in New York City and ameliorating many of the poverty -driven issues that Philanthropy New York members address in their grant - making . A “true cost of living” measure that tracks...

Philanthropy New York Supports a True Cost of Living Standard and Wage Equity

Philanthropy New York Board and Public Policy Committee Approves New Policy Position on a True Cost of Living Standard and Wage Equity

Release Date:

09/29/2022

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The Rockefeller Foundation Announces $3 Million in New Funding for Data Science Platform Global.health To Strengthen Pathogen Surveillance and Response

Release Date:

11/01/2022

... investors, businesses, and governments to combine their resources to scale funding solutions and bring about ... crises.” Priority initiatives enabled by this grant will include: Evaluating the impact of...

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Disaster Relief

Health

International/Foreign Affairs

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Membership Dues: FAQs about Dues Adjustment for 2025

... necessary to ensure we can continue resourcing PNY’s programming , community-building, and advocacy efforts ... for the whole community. Understanding how our peers are making decisions in alignment with their...

For Profound Change in America, Think Local

Release Date:

01/29/2014

... efforts include improving access to middle-income jobs, making critical social services and training benefits ... different modes of expression. On an island facing extreme poverty , high unemployment and an...

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Workforce Development

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Open Society Foundations

28 Jul 2010

New York Juvenile Justice Initiative: A Discussion with Advocates

Wednesday, July 28, 2010 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

This program is part of Philanthropy New York’s NEW YORK JUVENILE JUSTICE INITIATIVE and is hosted by the New York Foundation , The New York Community Trust , and The Prospect Hill Foundation . WHO SHOULD ATTEND:...

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With Support from NoVo Foundation, Buen Vivir Fund Heralds a More Democratic Kind of Impact Investing

Release Date:

03/22/2018

... expertise have equal voting rights in decision making .” To date, 19 partners have raised $1 million for ... of ex-Peace Corps members and volunteers frustrated by the poverty reduction strategies they saw...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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NoVo Foundation

7/22/14 - The Rollback on Reproductive Justice - PPTs and materials

Publication date:

07/2014

View articles and the PowerPoint Presentations presented during the program The Rollback on Reproductive Rights and Justice.

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Children, Youth and Families

Bringing the Liberal Arts to Engineering Education

Release Date:

05/19/2015

... historical backdrop of African-American migration from the rural South to the industrial North and concerns about ... of cooperation, transparency, and collective decision making . And finally, institutions...

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Education

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The Teagle Foundation

Advancing Racial Equity in Arts and Culture, Part 1

Release Date:

08/28/2015

... Trust The New York City Cultural Agenda Fund made a grant to Race Forward , an organization that advances racial ... Program , designed to offer advocates space, time, and resources to work together in...

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Arts

Social Justice

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The New York Community Trust

UPDATE: Foundations Cannot Waver in Face of Latest Census Challenges

Release Date:

07/10/2019

... census, this new threat means that important philanthropic resources will now be siphoned for litigation and the ... for those community-based GOTC efforts. The Fund’s first grant was to the Rockefeller...

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Invest in Youth: Strengthening Brooklyn’s Future

Release Date:

07/02/2015

... to end racial profiling. Organizations like BYP are making it clear that the voices of young people (and those ... youth arrests and re-arrests, and increase access to resources and services that empower and...

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Children, Youth and Families

Community Development

Workforce Development

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Brooklyn Org

Open Society Foundations Announce 2020 Soros Justice Fellows

Release Date:

12/18/2020

Open Society Foundations Announce 2020 Soros Justice Fellows NEW YORK—Fighting to reduce lengthy sentences for youth. Building a network of Black HIV movement lawyers. Tackling structural racism through the power of dance...